THIS. "Boycotting" an election doesn't send the message that you're unhappy, because it doesn't lose them money like it would for a business. You're not the nation's customer. Refusing to vote sends the message that you're fine with whatever result you get, that other people can decide for you.
my first job was at a dairy queen way off the highway in San Antonio and one time during cricket season i watched a cricket jump directly into the deep fryer and die
we are really seeing a fundamental breakdown in society at this point, with one half of it so twisted by lies that even the places we all used to come together - emergencies - are no longer safe it is profoundly depressing
People in North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene disaster zone refusing FEMA help and emergency workers having to move away from areas where they’re actively helping because of fears of being hunted by militias. All thanks to lies by Trump and misinformation spread by Musk.
The actions underscore growing concerns about safety and security of federal emergency personnel in western North Carolina amid a raft of misinformation.
werewolves in literature are often used as a metaphor for werewolves, which are real
Using the Admiral Ackbar "It's a trap!" gif on a lecture slide today and there is nothing you can do to convince me I am not the coolest funniest professor I don't care how actually nerdy and out of touch this is
The reason the mainstream press doesn't accept Harris going on *60 MINUTES* as "doing an interview" is because what most of the complainers want is not more info about her, they want a gaffe to harp on over and over to balance out factual coverage of Trump's malfeasance. You know, to not be biased.
Members of Congress who voted to defund FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program one day before Helene hit: Sen. Budd (R-NC) Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) Reps. Bean, Bilirakis, Cammack, Donalds, Gaetz, Lee, Luna, Mills, Posey, Waltz, Webster (R-FL) Rep. Bishop (R-NC)
On Tuesday, 36 US ports will be shut down by the largest shipping strike in living memory. This could recreate the chaotic supply chain crisis of 2021-2022. Are we ready? a 🧵 on the new economics of supply chains 1/